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Mar 27, 2010
Scientology Workgroup of the Ministry of the Interior in Hamburg: Educational Symposium [Amy Scobee] [Part 1] More: Part 2 , Part 3
Nov 2, 2009
Ex-officer says Scientology policy didn't match directive — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Marty Rathbun said he participated in a criminal act to protect the church against a possible security breach. Longtime executive Terri Gamboa and her husband, Fernando, abandoned their posts in January 1990, setting off what Rathbun called a "seven-alert fire.'' Terri Gamboa was executive director of Author Services Inc., the independent corporation set up by founder L. Ron Hubbard to control rights to his intellectual properties. David Miscavige, the leader of the church, wanted to know if she had access to ...
Nov 2, 2009
What happened in Vegas — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Joe Childs ,
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) They squeezed into a two bedroom apartment, all they could afford. Two couples and a single guy had left the Church of Scientology and joined up in Las Vegas, starting a mortgage business near the Palace Station Casino. They were faces in the crowd. Except that the two wives were important in Scientology history, sisters Terri and Janis Gillham. They were two of the original four "messengers" for L. Ron Hubbard. The founder ran his church from his ship, the Apollo , ...
Nov 1, 2009
Scientology's response — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Church spokesman Tommy Davis says the Times ' sources admitted they left Scientology because they could not meet the church's strict ethical standards. Now they are lying, he says, and the Times is helping advance their agenda. Here is the Church of Scientology's response to their allegations, submitted as a 10-page letter: + + + CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 15 October 2009 VIA HAND DELIVERY Mr. Joe Childs Mr. Tom Tobin St. Petersburg Times 490 First Avenue South St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 ...
Oct 15, 2009
Declaration of Kurt Weiland More: tampabay.com
Type: Declaration
DECLARATION OF KURT WEILAND 1. I, Kurt Weiland, declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct. 2. I have worked for the Church of Scientology International (CSI) since 1987. Since that time, I have primarily worked in executive positions concerned with the direction, management and supervision of the Office of Special Affairs International, the CSI department responsible for the legal, government and other external affairs of the Church. I am therefore personally knowledgeable and competent to put ...
Aug 24, 2006
Tom Cruise's behavior and Scientology: A link? // The debate continues as the controversial religion thrives — ABC News
Type: Press
Author(s):
Bill Blakemore Source:
ABC News "In my opinion," says Rick Ross, who has spent years studying cults and religious groups, "(Tom Cruise's) meltdown is likely attributable to Scientology. He's made some bad career choices lately. He's damaged goods. How do you go from the world's biggest movie star to someone Viacom dumps?" The New York Times this morning said simply that Cruise has gone "into full Scientology mode." Indeed, his recent responses to Matt Lauer, inveighing against modern psychiatric care, reflect Scientology's claim that its own ...
Sep 1, 2004
Is Scientology in your schools? — The Humanist
Type: Press
Author(s):
Robin Jacobs Source:
The Humanist For obvious reasons, the lauding of religious leaders isn’t supposed to be practiced in U.S. public schools, at least not as a class activity. Yet one widely used school program concludes by having students applaud Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The program is called Narconon, and it has notable Scientology links. The state of California is now in the midst of a three-month investigation of the Narconon Drug Prevention and Education program with an eye to possibly barring it from the ...
Sep 1, 2003
Scientology and the European Human Rights debate: A reply to Leisa Goodman, J. Gordon Melton, and the European Rehabilitation Project Force study — Marburg Journal of Religion
Jul 12, 2003
Articles of incorporation of Social Betterment Properties International — State of California
Sep 15, 2001
'Mental health' hotline a blind lead — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) The televised blurb offered mental health assistance dealing with the attacks. Callers reached Scientologists. Television viewers who turned to Fox News on Friday for coverage of the terrorist attack also saw a message scrolling across the bottom of their screens – National Mental Health Assistance: 800-FOR-TRUTH. Unknown to the cable news channel, the phone number connects to a Church of Scientology center in Los Angeles, where Scientologists were manning the phones. Scientology officials said the number is a hotline offering referrals ...
Feb 20, 2001
Bush's Call to Church Groups To Get Untraditional Replies — New York Times
Dec 21, 2000
Brained — New Times Los Angeles
Mar 27, 1998
Scientology looks into reporter's personal life — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Thomas C. Tobin Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Continuing a long-standing practice, the Church of Scientology again is investigating the personal life of a news reporter. Church officials say their lawyers have hired a firm to investigate Joseph Mallia, a Boston Herald reporter who recently wrote a five-part series that raised questions about church practices. In a follow-up article last week, the Herald reported that an investigator contacted Mallia's ex-wife seeking what the investigator referred to as the "scorned wife story." The woman, who was divorced from Mallia 15 ...
Dec 9, 1997
Gifts of cash fuel battle of principle / Hub man's aid to Scientology critics draws fire and rhetoric from church — Boston Globe
Nov 8, 1997
U.S. Immigration Court Grants Asylum to German Scientologist — New York Times
Type: Press
Author(s):
Douglas Frantz Source:
New York Times TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 7 — A Federal immigration court judge has granted asylum to a German member of the Church of Scientology who claimed that she would be subjected to religious persecution had she been required to return to her homeland, the woman's lawyer and a Scientology official said today. While few details of the case were available, it is believed to be the first time the United States has given asylum protection to a Scientologist. The Church of Scientology has ...
Aug 19, 1995
Church in cyberspace // Its scared writ is on the net, its lawyers are on the case — Washington PostMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Marc Fisher Source:
Washington Post It was 9:30 and Arnie Lerma was lounging in his living room in Arlington, drinking his Saturday morning coffee, hanging. Suddenly, a knock at the door — who could it be at this hour? — and boom, before he could force anything out of his mouth, they were pouring into his house: federal marshals, lawyers, computer technicians, cameramen. They stayed for three hours last Saturday. They inventoried and confiscated everything Lerma cherished: his computer, every disk in the place, his client ...
Jan 28, 1995
Police looking for church's private eye — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: pqasb.pqarchiver.com , link
Dec 25, 1994
Scientology fiction: The church's war against its critics -- and truth — Washington PostMore: link
Dec 1, 1994
Litigation noir // Ford Greene thought he knew all about hardball litigation. Then he sued the Church of Scientology. — California LawyerMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Steven Pressman Source:
California Lawyer It was a strange way to describe an aspect of a theology. But L. Ron Hubbard, the highly successful science-fiction writer who founded the Church of Scientology in the 1950s, had little tolerance for those who challenged his beliefs. And so it was, at one time, that Scientology scripture came to include an unusual litigation clause: "The only way to defend anything is to attack, and if you ever forget that, then you will lose every battle you are ever engaged ...
Aug 3, 1994
A battle of beliefs waged in megabytes — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: groups.google.com , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wayne Garcia Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Scientologists and their critics are colliding in cyberspace. The critics started the fight, creating an electronic bulletin board dubbed alt.religion.scientology on the Internet, a worldwide web of computer networks with an audience pushing 25-million. Then they downloaded their knowledge and opinions in e-mail messages that just about anyone with a computer, a little money and a modem can view. "As you will see, Scientology is astronomically prohibitive," one anonymous writer said on a.r.s in a message that reprinted the church's price ...
Aug 3, 1994
Network gives voice to former Scientologists — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)More: groups.google.com , pqasb.pqarchiver.com
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wayne Garcia Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Computers have done what years of opposition couldn't do, uniting the handful of former Scientologists who have waged war against the Church of Scientology. These dissidents are now gathered under the rubric of the Fight Against Coercive Tactics (FACT) network, or FACTnet, a free data base and electronic bulletin board available to the public. The network, based in Golden, Colo., electronically stockpiles information critical of Scientology, from affidavits to court rulings to federal investigations. Although fewer than 150 people now use ...
Jul 7, 1994
Church of Scientology settles suit with PR firm — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Wayne Garcia Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) On the verge of a trial, the Church of Scientology has settled a $40-million federal lawsuit against its former publicity agent, Hill & Knowlton, and foe Eli Lilly and Co. for an undisclosed sum of money. "All parties acknowledged that they are pleased that the case has been settled," said a statement from the Church of Scientology International in Los Angeles. The agreement requires confidentiality, said Kurt Weiland, a director of the Church of Scientology International and head of its Office ...
Jan 23, 1994
Scientology Files — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Type: Press
Author(s):
Ned Seaton Source:
St. Petersburg Times (Florida) They never broke into church buildings or planted electronic bugs, but for the past 13 years, undercover Clearwater police detectives have investigated the Church of Scientology. They never developed a case against the church that was prosecuted. The work ranged from gathering Scientologists' names to seeking refunds for dissatisfied parishioners. Police once stormed Scientology headquarters after hearing anonymous allegations - unfounded, it turned out - that Scientology children were being strapped to gurneys and given electric shocks. The investigation boils down ...
Jun 14, 1993
Church's litany of lawsuits — The National Law JournalMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Andrew Blum Source:
The National Law Journal Scientology's leaders say the best defense is a good offense. DID THE CHURCH of Scientology kill a judge's dog during a trial? Did the judge, who is now dead, think church members did? Did that lead him to be prejudiced, and bias the jury against the church? These and other issues are part of an intense battle by the church's litigation machine to overturn what remains of a $30 million verdict won in 1986 by former church member Larry Wollersheim. Mr. ...
Jan 23, 1993
Church of Scientology a big loser in S.B. case / Can the road map to salvation be copyrighted? — Santa Barbara Independent (California)More: lermanet.com
Jul 1, 1992
The two faces of Scientology — The American LawyerMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
William W. Horne Source:
The American Lawyer The Church of Scientology uses private detectives and bulldog litigators to pursue its numerous detractors. It also hires low-key establishment lawyers who work quietly within the system. So who is directing the $416 million libel suit against Time ? On April 27, 1992, lawyers for the Church of Scientology International filed a $416 million libel action in federal court in New York against Time Warner, Inc., Time Inc. Magazine Company [Time Warner is a partner in American Lawyer Media, L.P. ], and writer ...
Jul 15, 1990
Scientologists in dirty tricks campaign — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Richard Palmer ,
Richard Caseby Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) THE Church of Scientology, a religious cult accused of
brainwashing its devotees, has paid private detectives more than £100,000 to organise a worldwide "dirty tricks" campaign against a Sunday Times journalist. Documents seen by The Sunday Times detail how
Russell Miller , journalist and author of a book on scientology's founder,
L. Ron Hubbard , has been secretly pursued around the world by investigators and members of the sect for the past three years. A former employee of the church, ...
Nov 22, 1988
Top Scientologist arrested in Spain — St. Petersburg Times (Florida)
Mar 3, 1979
Scientologists win draft deferment — Globe and Mail (Canada)
Type: Press
Source:
Globe and Mail (Canada) Bonn WEST GERMANY — BONN (AP) - A legal battle is raging between the Scientology Church and the West German army over a draft deferment for a trainee minister of the controversial cult. The deferment was granted to 23-year-old Franz Walter Siedler by a Darmstadt court last December, freeing him from 15 months of military duty while he completes studies in the Scientology Church of Germany, which claims 20,000 members. The deferment was the first ever granted in West Germany to ...
Church of Scientology International (CSI): Form 1023 filing More: PDF: Master index
Type: Document
[Transcription of the meaningful parts of the 1023 form as submitted by the Church of Scientology International to the IRS. For the complete document, see PDFs] [Coming soon]
Tag(s):
Applied Scholastics •
Arlene Dubron •
Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) (formerly, "Social Coordination" or SOCO) •
Author Services, Inc. (ASI) (dba, Galaxy Press) (subsidiary of Church of Spiritual Technology) •
Author's Family Trust B •
Brian Anderson •
Bridge Publications, Inc. (BPI) •
Bruce Arbuckle •
Building Management Services (BMS) •
California Association of Dianetic Auditors (CADA) •
Carol Hutchinson •
Catherine "Cathy" Bernardini (aka Cathy Rinder) •
Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization (CSFSO) •
Church of Scientology Flag Ship Service Organization (CSFSSO) •
Church of Scientology International (CSI) •
Church of Scientology Religious Trust (CSRT) •
Church of Spiritual Technology (CST) (dba, L. Ron Hubbard Library) •
Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) •
Clay Eberle •
Commodore's Messenger Organization (CMO) •
Criminon •
David Miscavige •
Dee Rowe •
Dianetics Foundation International •
Dorothy Fuller •
Eric Rising •
Foundation for Religious Freedom (FRF) •
Francine Necochea •
Francis Miller •
Frank Sanchez •
FSO Oklahoma Investments Corporation •
Gary Silcock •
Gerald "Gerry" Armstrong •
Glover Rowe •
Golden Era Productions •
Gregory F. Henderson •
Guillaume Lesevre •
Heber C. Jentzsch •
Hubbard College of Administration (HCA) •
Hubbard Dianetics Foundation (HDF) •
Inspector General Network (formely, Hubbard Dianetics Foundation) •
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) •
International Association of Scientologists (IAS) •
International Hubbard Ecclesiastical League of Pastors (IHELP) •
International Membership Services Administration, N.V. (dba, IAS Administrations) •
International Publications Trust (IPT) (UK) •
Irene Marshall •
Irene Zaferes •
Janet Weiland •
Jeffrey A. Dubron •
Jo Ann Scrivano •
Joan Sanchez •
John Finucane •
Jonathan "Jonno" Epstein •
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne •
Kurt Weiland •
Lawrence "Larry" Wollersheim •
Lawrence Stifler •
Lawsuit •
Leslie Browning •
Lisa Stuart Halverson •
Lynn Farney •
Lynnel Arbuckle •
Management (Membership?) Services Administration Limited (UK) •
Marc Yager •
Maria H. Starkey •
Mario Metellus •
Marissa Alimata •
Mark C. "Marty" Rathbun •
Mark Ingber •
Mark Lewandowski •
Mastertech •
Michael "Mike" Sutter •
Michael Burns •
Michael J. "Mike" Rinder •
Mira Chaikin •
Narconon International •
National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social Justice (NCLE) •
Nesta Investments •
New Era Publications International, ApS (NEPI) •
Office of Special Affairs (OSA) (formerly, Guardian's Office) •
Pedro H. Rimando •
Peter Miller •
Peter Siegel •
Religious Technology Center (RTC) •
Richard Wolfson •
Roxanne Friend •
Scientology Defense Fund Trust •
Scientology Missions International (SMI) •
Sea Organization (Sea Org, SO) •
Sherry Fortune •
SOR Services (UK) •
Stephanie Horwich •
Steve Dunning •
Susan Silcock •
Ted Patrick •
Terry Dixon •
The Way to Happiness (TWTH) •
Theta Management Limited •
Thomas Spencer •
Tom Ashworth •
Tom Hutchinson •
United States Parishioners Trust •
Vicki Adler •
Vicki Benham •
Watchdog Committee (WDC) •
Wendy Rabel •
William Rabel •
World Institute of Scientology Enterprises (WISE)
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